| 单词 | hard to please |
| 例句 | It could have worked, I suppose, but the children of suicides are hard to please and quick to believe no one loves them because they are not really here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like it would be hard to please you.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z One time when my mother complained about him being so hard to please about food, Papa said, “Hon, what if you’d had to eat a rat?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it was trying so hard to please Cousin Eunice that had that effect on her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also deeply ingrained in the DNA of every Persian man and boy, which is probably why all Persian boys work so hard to please their fathers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So I worked very hard to please her. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those laws of children, like their tendency to be least grateful when you were trying your hardest to please them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I wouldn’t mind if she tried a little harder to please people, actually,” said Brooke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "And I hate to tell you, but I'm really hard to please." 'Mad Men' recap: 'The life not lived' 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The opening-night attraction at this year's Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, "Dirty Girl" tries hard to please many kinds of audiences. 'Dirty Girl': Road movie takes too many turns 2011-10-20T20:08:07Z It was now harder to please the majority in a state that is divided between the liberal south and conservative north. Last stand of the Republican moderate 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z The brain, though, is harder to please—especially given a modicum of disposable income and an abundance of commercial choice. Liquid Death and the Nonsense of Packaged Water 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z They will be better traveled than their parents and grandparents, and much harder to please. Luxury Hotels: Luring the Next Generation 2013-06-05T15:48:52Z You also apply these standards to others, and become hard to please, easy to disappoint, and unable to delegate. “The Intern” Is a Very Strange Workplace Fantasy 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He said his ex-boss was hard to read and hard to please, prone to rages and quick to cut down his staff if he didn't like their ideas. Fox News 'mole' resurfaces with book 2013-06-03T14:02:08Z You are very good at working hard to please others. Perspective | Ask Amy: How can you cure your own laziness? 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Still, David works hard to please, and he is helped out by pros like Rita Wilson, as Norman’s wife, Ben Shenkman, as his brother, and Louis J. Stadlen, as a loudmouth uncle. Larry David's 'Fish in the Dark': Curb Your Enthusiasm 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z When I was on that show, I was working so hard to please people and be accepted. Nicole Beharie on ‘Miss Juneteenth’ and the Danger of Labels 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Bastianich, though less given to flamboyant insults, might be the hardest to please of the trio. "MasterChef" off to a tasty start 2010-07-27T01:31:00Z Now, before you rush out to buy a couple of grass-fed Thundering Hooves T-bones, hear this: "I'm not that hard to please," insists one of Time magazine's most influential people of 2010. Michael Pollan "In Defense of Food: The Omnivore's Solution" 2011-01-12T03:01:04Z Lenz’s husband used to rate her meals, never giving her a five out of five because he didn’t want her to stop trying so hard to please him. Why I don't have a child: I cherish my freedom 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z For the Fall TV Season, there are too many new shows, with too many of them trying too hard to please. Look out: A fall harvest of new broadcast TV shows 2013-08-27T18:36:32Z And if that's not an apt quote to introduce this week's topic, taking in both music and disappointment, then you are extremely hard to please. Readers recommend: songs about disappointment 2013-03-07T22:00:00Z Some parents try too hard to please filmmakers, said Stone. Nightmares in the dream factory: how Hollywood scams would-be child stars 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Perhaps the hyperbolic opening of Friday night’s premiere — part comic book, part “Die Hard With a Vengeance” — reflects some nervousness, an instance of trying too hard to please, on the part of the show’s creators. Television Review: ‘Banshee’ on Cinemax 2013-01-10T23:03:47Z But CBBC's target audience, many of whom were televisually weaned on its preschool sibling, CBeebies, are at an age when they are harder to please and want more of a say in what they watch. Cheryl Taylor interview: CBBC 'is where we want the BBC journey to begin' 2012-12-09T18:30:01Z In the realm of music, Sanneh says, many listeners grow harder to please as they get older. Why Write About Pop Music? ‘I Like When People Disagree About Stuff.’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z It is not hard to please artists — or any other creative people — with compliments. Perspective | Miss Manners: What to tell artist friends, besides ‘That’s pretty!’ 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z They find their uninvited guest hard to please. Local books: Muscular women, a new Richelle Mead fantasy and Northwest poets 2011-03-21T23:39:26Z Chase, who was famously hard to please, was impressed enough with the teenage student that he painted a portrait of Onderdonk; the canvas now belongs to the Bryan Museum in Galveston, Tex. Shedding Light on a Landscape Painter’s Lost Years in New York 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z This is especially true of the skating community, which is famously hard to please. The Flourishing of Skate Culture in a Sellout Era 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Mahler devotees are hard to please and this Ninth was probably not extreme enough for some. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs Mahler and Thomas Ad?s - Review 2012-01-07T00:40:59Z Michaels, who was born the year after No Doubt released its first album, was harder to please—the yin to Tranter’s yang. Gwen Stefani: How Making My New Album Saved My Life 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The Korean audience really loves movies, but also it's very conservative and hard to please. Thieves opens Korean film event 2012-11-05T09:27:53Z Not only is the Austrian driver hard to please, but he was also severely disfigured in a fiery crash that year, only to come back and race weeks later. A Minute With: Daniel Bruhl on the 'Rush' of playing Niki Lauda 2013-09-18T16:58:08Z Presenting himself as motor-mouthed, opinionated and generally hard to please, Fine makes it easy to understand why his more reserved bandmates could weary of him in the tour van. 'Your Band Sucks,' but your book is a mixed bag 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z For the ones who are hard to please in your life, consider these gifts for 2023. Holiday Gift Guide 2023 | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Yet he is taking political punches from those he’s trying hardest to please: environmentalists. John Kerry flops as roving climate czar in eyes of environmentalists: ‘Definitely disappointed’ 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z And yet, he is taking political punches from those who he’s trying hardest to please: environmentalists. John Kerry’s reign as America’s roving climate czar disappoints green activists 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z More recently, in May, the company announced it would filter out negative ratings from “hard to please” customers that frequently give low ratings. Instacart’s rewards program for shoppers includes priority choice of orders before stores open 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet the bar is high and management teams might find it harder to please markets accustomed to stellar corporate growth. Rate hikes on my mind 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “They’re my toughest critics and very, very hard to please,” she said, laughing, “but I got them this time!” After Emma Raducanu wins the U.S. Open, Britain, China and Romania all want to claim her 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Lauren Kassan, the chief executive of The Wing, is aware that 2021 is a customer’s market, so her team is working hard to please returning clients at its three Manhattan spaces, which reopened in May. Co-Working Spaces Are Back. And There Are Many, Many Options. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z But you get the point: These parents are hard to please and a political campaign makes it even more difficult for Harper to finally tell her family the truth. Review: A breezy, lighthearted rom-com in ‘Happiest Season’ 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Music fans may be hard to please come this holiday season. The music gift guide to get you through 2021 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “They’re not very hard to please. They chat with me. They text me every day.” ‘Rock star’ doctor tackles virus on California-Mexico border 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z She said Kemp “is a Trump loyalist and he seems to work very hard to please the president of the United States, and that is often at the expense of the people in our state.” Atlanta mayor: Trump broke city’s mask rule, ignored science 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z It will be very hard to please both. Five big things on Boris Johnson's to-do list 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z That is true: it’s hard to please everyone. Lil Nas X became Twitter’s CEO for a day and didn’t ban the Nazis 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z McAlpin’s film tries as hard to please as its pageant-winning protagonist does, and it manages to earn a few laughs from its sweet, silly humor. Review: ‘Miss Arizona’ supplies a few laughs as it tries its darndest to empower 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z They hadn’t gotten along early in Beto’s life — Pat was hard to please, and Beto didn’t especially love trying to please him. Are Beto and Amy O'Rourke the future of politics or the past? 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Business journalists, usually harder to please, rave about the economy. Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “She liked her privacy, and she was hard to please. My wife worked at the hospital, and she was what the nurses call a hard patient.” 'Aunt Bee' from 'Andy Griffith Show' left $100G trust fund for police in small NC town, report says 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “But it’s still art. I guess it’s hard to please everyone.” 'Repulsive to children and adults': how explicit should public art get? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In “On the Town,” the singers dutifully tried hard to please in a jaunty “New York, New York” duet, Foster’s chirpy “Some Other Time” and Mitchell’s sincere “Lucky to Be Me.” Review: The Hollywood Bowl turns up the heat for Leonard Bernstein celebration — sometimes too high. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr Okoduwa admits that some who are returning can be hard to please, as can their parents. Europe is sending African migrants home. Will they stay? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Both parties are likely to find themselves disappointed: Republicans because their party’s rift shows no signs of healing, Democrats because they will find it hard to please both their base and disaffected Republicans. Donald Trump may make some businessfolk cringe 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Or perhaps its citizens are unusually hard to please. In China, gauging public opinion is hard 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Tom Izzo is usually hard to please, consistently finding fault with his teams after victories. College basketball: No. 3 Michigan State dismantles No. 5 Irish 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The English, he says, are harder to please. Benjamin Clementine: ‘I make people believe in me’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Nancy Reagan, who was famously hard to please, compared living in the White House to life in a five-star hotel. Ex White House Staff Appalled by Donald Trump’s ‘Real Dump’ Comment 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z On the court, James is a superb teammate, albeit hard to please, but only and admirably in the interests of winning. In Kyrie Irving’s Revelation, a Moment of Reflection 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Political life is dominated by business interests often accused of trying too hard to please the regime on the mainland as opposed to serving the interests of their fellow Hong Kong residents. Hong Kong strained on 20th anniversary of Handover from Britain to China 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “She pushes the boys to try to find their true potential. Both boys respect and work hard to please her.” Royal Center woman works with special needs twins 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. appears headed for another blowout quarter, but investors will be harder to please. Alibaba Needs Great Results, Not Just Good Ones 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Quince Orchard’s offense is capable of clicking for intricate team goals, but Coach Kevin Gnatiko is not so hard to please. Quince Orchard capitalizes early for boys’ soccer win over Magruder 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Private shareholders are likely to be harder to please. In formation 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But it is getting harder to please the country’s increasingly savvy consumers. For China’s Hottest Phone Maker, the Old Ways Work 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z She and her staff work hard to please guests. Saint Helens Cafe struggles: a sign of an overloaded Huxley Wallace? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He also worked hard to please his boss, delved into the nuances of constitutional law for long, grueling hours and sought to smooth over harsh feelings at clerk happy hours. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He constantly criticizes everyone around him and he is very hard to please. For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned Parenthood Attack 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z "Family films always have an audience, but that audience is extremely fickle and hard to please, just like the kids who go to these movies," Dergarabedian said. 'Pan' lacks Neverland magic at box office, earning $15.5 million, while 'The Martian' soars 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z "It's going to be hard to please everyone, because it is such a large group and it's such an opinionated group," she said. Disneyland designers face pressure to ensure Stars Wars Land doesn't flop 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Looking back, Latimer said he just didn’t prepare properly for the pros and tried too hard to please Manning. Latimer putting 2014 dud of a rookie year in rearview 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z A woman who doesn’t especially care what other people think of her, whose sense of self is strong, from within, would not try so hard to please. Joyce Carol Oates Remembers Marilyn Monroe and the Novel She Inspired 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z But really, Pitch Perfect 2 is bad because it’s trying too hard to please. Pitch Perfect 2 is trying too hard 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Shareholders aren’t bailing because the company has worked so hard to please them. What's Left of Once-Might eBay Isn't Very Promising 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z They relieve you of the stress of finding gifts for people who are hard to please. No guilt trips over holiday gift cards; they’ve been at the top of wish lists for eight years With five goals in his past three games, it is little wonder that Marseille’s notoriously hard to please fans voted him their best player of the month for September. PSG looks to recapture European form in France 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In my harmlessly naive mind-set, I tried extra hard to please God, and I felt extra guilty when I thought I didn’t. Ramadan and repentance, through a child’s eyes Is it because she works so hard to please and has persevered so triumphantly? A Parade Passing By? Not Likely 2013-08-30T22:18:22Z However, his language on Iran was relatively restrained, describing it as a neighbor "that is very hard to please". Muslim Brotherhood sows subversion in Gulf: Dubai police chief 2013-04-03T11:39:13Z Leading producers are retrenching, smaller "juniors" are strapped for cash and even once-voratious Chinese buyers are becoming harder to please. DEALTALK-Buyers scarce as major miners carve out unwanted assets 2013-03-18T15:44:07Z At that time, I tried so hard to please Father, the captain and principal investigator of this floating lobotomy — I mean, laboratory. Lifeboat 2012-07-25T17:21:01.303Z The loyalty-program features of Pay With Square and its rivals mean that more stores will be working harder to please you. State of the Art: As Pay-by-Phone Advances, Square Takes Another Leap - State of the Art 2012-07-18T19:55:12Z Zayd began to feel that life with his spouse, already hard to please, would soon be unbearable. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z A West-end audience may be just as capricious and as hard to please as my audience of village lads in the garden. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z I wish to show that I am hard to please in the matter of evidence. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Well, the Gentile was not hard to persuade, though when we got at my place he was rather hard to please. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z A hasty old gent and hard to please—I daresay he has forgotten me altogether—and anyhow there is no need to rake up bygones. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "Why these blessed bees," "I find them creatures plaguey hard to please." Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z He had lost ground with Constance, whom, of late, he had been trying so hard to please. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z It was a high honour, for she was hard to please, and many of O'Hara's acquaintances had been received, if not with actual coldness, at least not with any degree of warmth. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z "Of course, I'm not hard to please," she said pointedly. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And if people who are hard to please sometimes find fault with the chef's department, I think they are epicures who would make the same objections on all other lines. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z “He is a fool to work so hard to please these wretched savages!” muttered Diamond. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z "It seems to me you are very hard to please," he said. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Any reader must be hard to please who would not take the keenest delight in a story presented with a touch so delicate. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z I said that they seemed hard to please. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z People are so hard to please nowadays, and I recommended them to salt it. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z "I suppose I am hard to please, but I don't seem to have met anybody with enough in her to make it worth while to go so far as matrimony." A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Finding us hard to please, the storekeeper referred us to the conductor of the Opera, who offered to rent us all the standard works of chamber music. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Nevertheless, secretly her heart was full of misgivings, and the slave women who waited upon her that night found her hard to please. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The researchers found that fans of daily deals were on average hard to please. Deal Sites Have Fading Allure for Merchants 2011-10-02T00:27:33Z And I am sure Mr. Accleton and myself are by no means hard to please. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Dear mother, you are a bit hard to please! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z We shall not be too hard to please. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The winter had rolled by in the midst of pleasures—soir�es at the Luxembourg, dinners of Madame Tallien, "nor," he adds, "were we hard to please." Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z “Oh, woman, in our hours of ease, Inconstant, shy, and hard to please; When pain and anguish wring the brow A ministering angel, thou.” Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z The prince was a musician himself, and Haydn worked hard to please him. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z When Herr Hoffmann has shown such a special interest in you, it would be most ungrateful to refuse at least to try your hardest to please him. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Agnes was very hard to please—even a simple village maiden likes to exercise her choice for that once in her life. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Hoke identified about 15 things he wanted done better, adding he's hard to please because he wants the best. Michigan's Hoke has list of dislikes from practice 2011-08-09T00:32:08Z As a crusty old post graduate, I am hard to please.” Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z Suitors abounded, of course: but Elizabeth, it should seem, was hard to please. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z When he comes home, he tries hard to please his father, for he is a good, affectionate lad, but he has lost the poise of those who have stayed on the land. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z I am pretty hard to please in horseflesh, I can tell you. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z An a man be not satisfied when a sets foot on my scaffold, say he is hard to please. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z He was a good fellow, and had studied hard to please Margaret, and helped her father in much of his work. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z They must be pleasing to their Creator, I say to myself, unless He is hard to please. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z It is hard to please everybody in this world, but cowboys are easily pleased. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z "You are hard to please, Miss Burns; a most elegant and accomplished gentleman—a middle-aged man!" Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Besides, travellers like ourselves are hard to please in beauty. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Truly, if one cannot enjoy himself on such a trip, and with such a company of gentlemen and ladies as Dr. Lunn succeeds in drawing around him, he must be hard to please. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z She was slender and strong, at once mysterious and gay, fickle yet faithful, gentle yet hard to please. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Since you’re not satisfied, it looks as if you were hard to please.” The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The directors are harsh, puritanical men, and they are very hard to please. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z But then I have frequently noticed that no man is hard to please whose idiosyncrasies are humoured when detected. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z I hadn't kept track of women's ways, 'Bout all I knew of the sex Was that they were mighty hard to please, And easy enough to vex. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Women are so much harder to please than men when they are buying. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z It was the sight of the bandaged eyes that kept his sympathy keen and made him gentle and patient even when Carl was fretful and hard to please. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z "But confess that your sister maltreats me, after I have tried so hard to please her." Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z He wants one—" "You never tried so hard to please me.—There;—that was unkind—I will take it back. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z I'm not hard to please, but of all things provoking Is a woman around who sniffs when you're smoking. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z The surly man is always ready to contradict or argue, he is hard to please, sensitive, sour in visage, gruff in words, and much given to complaint or sullen silence. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z "I should be very hard to please if they didn't," she answered. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z A very quiet man, a man more than ordinarily cautious, hard to please, and still harder to rouse. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z But, both feathered and plucked bipeds, it seems, it is equally hard to please. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Distillers are seeking to expand into new categories, price ranges and geographies through acquisitions and product introductions as consumers in developed markets including Europe and the U.S. become harder to please. Pernod CEO Says He Has No Plans to Make Acquisitions 2011-01-25T16:54:04Z She was not hard to please and was of a loving, sociable disposition. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z They were afraid I did not get what I liked at Ille—there are so few means of getting things in the provinces, and Parisians are so hard to please! Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z From the outset Bubenpech seemed eager to show he was hard to please. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z This, thought she, is the end of every haughty beauty who is hard to please and who thinks no one is good enough for her. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "They must be hard to please," I said. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z He's been trying so hard to please his various constituencies since he came into the league that you have to wonder whether even James knows what he wants anymore. End to long national nightmare finally within view 2010-07-07T08:44:00Z That it is dangerous to be a president: People may try too hard to please you and land the plane in thick fog and kill you and everyone aboard. The sensible virtues 2010-04-14T00:20:00Z And the gossips began to tell their grievances, for many of these undesirable guests were in truth very hard to please, and their manners were detestable. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z But Bordeaux was playing on home turf and worked hard to please the home crowd. Lyon-Bordeaux Exposes France's East-West Divide 2010-04-08T01:02:00Z I think he was satisfied that I was not a thief; and he continued his talk with the young man who was making his selection, and who was probably a little hard to please. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Mr Terry says lawyers are better trained and juries harder to please. Death row dead? 2010-03-30T13:44:00Z On the next seat to ours sat a lady with a little spoilt boy, about four years of age, who was very hard to please, and very discontented and unhappy. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners The bachelor and the childless woman were hard to please and their choice consumed an unconscionable time. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode You see by this that I am not hard to please, but, on the contrary, am always ready to do what I can to make things pleasant and agreeable. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 But young ladies, newly come out and very much danced with, are fastidious, and I was hard to please. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z "Was there ever in this world anyone so hard to please?" Sinister Street, vol. 1 "Ah! kind, kind Caboche," murmured Coconnas, "fear nothing; I will cry out since you ask me to, and if you are not satisfied it will be because you are hard to please." Marguerite de Valois But there came a time, not so long ago, when a wave of “anti-opium” feeling swept over England, and the British public suddenly became very hard to please. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse And now she was told that Captain Batsby, who always professed himself hard to please in the matter of young ladies, was in the same condition. Ayala's Angel “Oh woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy and hard to please; But seen too oft, familiar with thy face We first endure, then pity, then embrace!” Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus You had written that you wished my mind cultivated, and I studied hard to please you. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins By my troth, madam, you are hard to please, else the courtier might have served turn. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "I asked the Captain," he said, "if he thought Anthy was uncertain, coy, and hard to please." Hempfield A Novel She did not laugh, and looked very grave for some minutes, and was very hard to please for some days after the wedding. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. I realise the truth of the poet's assertion that woman is 'uncertain, coy, and hard to please.' Windyridge Many a well-to-do young man would have gladly made her his wife, but Margaret was hard to please. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. His temper was harsh and easily aroused, he was hard to please, and wore nowadays a haggard look, showing clearly that his sleep was disturbed. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War And events showed that his feeling was justified, for two days later he enjoyed the blissful sensation of finding himself the accepted lover of the woman he had tried so hard to please. International Short Stories American She overworks herself," he told his celestial brother, "that is what makes her so hard to please, but I am certain she loves me. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels I see you are making me out as being not only hard to please, but also very ungrateful to my friends. Dorothy Page Our songs, too, we have not practised them together; and in the towns where we are going, the public, they say, are harder to please than in these mountain villages.' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The groom, rapidly calculating that a girl who wanted to confer with a Catholic priest in secret was not likely to be hard to please, said, "Come along: I'll show you." Black Forest Village Stories Not that Lady Augusta had ever stood in this position, but either that she had looked too high, or was too hard to please, or from some other cause, but she never married. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day In our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made— When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Although she was very young then, she nevertheless astonished my friends, who were very hard to please, by her admirable execution, and especially by her expression; she really made the instrument speak. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Monsieur Voltaire was, I am sure, much harder to please than Louis le Grand, and Madame du Châtelet was harder to please than Monsieur Voltaire. Francezka His establishment is a favorite place of resort for all who desire to be well fitted; and they must, indeed, be hard to please, who cannot find something there to suit their fancy. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 She thought the Othello good, nay, very good, for, she observes, "On returning from China one is not very hard to please." Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century “Now the Lord help her, she is hard to please!” sneered the old gentleman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) What have I done to you that you should have got so cross and contrary and so hard to please?” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century I said that was my desire; that they were hard to please; and that bowie-knives exhausted the list of weapons I should accept. A Diplomatic Adventure Anyone who liked that story is certainly not hard to please. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 "Again, Zillah: you are hard to please; but take good care of the child—in a day or two I will come to see her!" Mabel's Mistake This Jehovah is a queer God and dreadfully hard to please. Bible Romances First Series Oh," say the pious, "it would be hard to please everybody, and foolish to try it. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) “I am not so very wise or learned,” she said, “but I should try so hard to please you, if you will only let me try.” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love If my sister were writing this letter, she would say that I have been very hard to please, and uninterested in everything since I came home. Robinetta I wouldn't, only she is so hard to please. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains “Because if you did—” “If I did—” “I might try very hard to please you in my choice of a wife.” The Princess Virginia Then Regin forged another sword and said: "Surely thou wilt be content with this, though thou be hard to please in the matter of a weapon." Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas The principal fault of negro workmen is, they are slow and very hard to please. Negro Migration during the War He was known to be severe and very hard to please; hence he was more feared than loved by his men. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras “You are dreadfully hard to please,” said the Very Imp. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales “If thou canst not be happy here,” says my lord, looking round at the scene, “thou art hard to please, Rachel.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges "Well, what shall I say then?" demanded poor Bill, in despair; "you are as hard to please as the skipper of a mud-scow." Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 Yet I hardly believe that, like my cousin, I would say anent a rival: "Whoever would not be satisfied with him, would be hard to please." Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess You will find him hard to please when your turn comes, Audrey.' Lover or Friend Miss Poppleton, with whom she had never been a favourite, snapped at her more frequently than before, and was harder to please as regarded both lessons and conduct. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life I tried so hard to please you, but somehow I always failed. Wee Wifie "You are hard to please," she said, with an angry laugh. The Marriage of Elinor He will not be any advantage to you like that, and why should he be so much harder to please than we are? Phoebe, Junior Why,' as he interrupted her with a rapturous expression of gratitude, 'did you think I should be hard to please? Lover or Friend Miss Price gave him a new threepenny bit, and Tommy tried hard to please her in arithmetic by reducing inches to pounds, shillings and pence. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 "If she isn't satisfied with you as you are, she must be hard to please." In Brief Authority Did he do that from calculation to please her, ungracious girl as she was, who was so hard to please? The Marriage of Elinor And if they would let her bring her doll, she would do all she could, and try hard to please them. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One thing that makes it hard to please an English Music Hall audience is its widely different classes. Continuous Vaudeville And he could see already that old Mr. Crow was going to be hard to please. The Tale of Jolly Robin It is said of States, as of women, they are "fickle, coy and hard to please." Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century But," said Daisy, gone quite white with disappointment, "I would have tried so hard to please you, Mrs. Holt. It, and Other Stories But she was very hard to please, and refused to wed any of them, though she managed to keep friends with all. The Olive Fairy Book But then you always were hard to please. Brand Blotters "Was your tea nice, mamma?" she asked, a little doubtfully, for Mrs. Bright was hard to please with food, probably because her appetite was so fickle. Eyebright A Story No fish is so “coy and hard to please” as the pike. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter It sported with the breeze, It courted with the sun, And tried so hard to please With all its puny fun. A Leaf from the Old Forest The Canton market is, nevertheless, remarkably well supplied with the good things of this life; and the European who cannot live and be contented with the provisions procurable in it, must be hard to please. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. She studied her husband, and found he was not hard to please. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Yes, I see; is your master always as hard to please as to-day, Henry? Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter "Some people are very hard to please," he said plaintively. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley God is not hard to please, nor is true human love, for it is a dim reflection of His own. Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. "You are hard to please, my dear," he had sometimes said. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 There was electricity in the air of that empty house, in which all felt the presence of the powerful master, harder to please than a crowd! The Bill-Toppers It was hard to please Miss Marcy with Japanese jute rugs, satisfactory in colouring though many of them were, when she longed to buy Persian pieces of distinction. The Indifference of Juliet The fussy old woman, who had been so hard to please at the table, came squeezing her way through the valises that blocked the aisle, and took possession of the section opposite Betty and Lloyd. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation They are not hard to please in the selection of a suitable nesting place, almost any tree standing alone being selected rather than a secluded situation. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 I’m not really hard to please, and even if you make mistakes now and then, good intentions count for a good deal. Prescott of Saskatchewan Ma was particular and hard to please; there were no pillow-fights, no romps; Ma hated those ways. The Bill-Toppers Poor little girl—dear little girl—who has worked so hard to please her old friend.” The Indifference of Juliet We might have had, but a certain young lady, whom you know, is hard to please. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Margaret had delighted him at first sight, though he was hard to please, and though she was not a great beauty. Fair Margaret A Portrait He was as hard to please as the captain; once, looking back along the line as we marched company front, he said, “The ancestors of this bunch certainly must have been a lot of snakes!” At Plattsburg Therefore, on tour,—when she was not practising with her Pa,—Lily did the catering, saw to the porridge and the Irish stew; Pa was not hard to please. The Bill-Toppers "He must be hard to please who is not satisfied with the excitement yielded by this résumé of the deeds of the old antipodean explorers." Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Her duties were light, and Miss MacDowlas not hard to please, and altogether she was not dissatisfied. Vagabondia 1884 "I should indeed be hard to please if I declined such a gift." With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Then he asked if she thought she could be happy in his palace, and Beauty answered that everything was so beautiful that she would be very hard to please if she could not be happy. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes She did not seem to expect any thanks; but when he had left the room she sighed heavily as she said,— “‘It’s hard to please children, do what you will.’” The Lost Kitty They were as coy and uncertain and as infernally hard to please as if they'd been used to getting one proposal a day and two on Sunday. At Good Old Siwash Never did I try so hard to please. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille "If he doesn't like them," he said to himself, "he's hard to please." Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds Here, I'll pretend I'm looking at shirtwaists, so that floor walker won't be coming down on you, and I'll be as hard to please as that other woman was, so's you can take your time. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Certainly Miss Calista was somewhat hard to please, but she was not thinking of herself as she sat by her front window in the chilly November twilight. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Indeed, that was a cheering time, and the man or woman would have been hard to please who found nothing to delight or to amuse at Messer Folco's festival. The God of Love You see," she said to her father, "I never could fall in love; you made me too hard to please. Renée Mauperin But now, when Folks are hard to please, And Poets are as thick as—Peas, The Fates are not so prone to flatter, Unless, indeed, a Friend ... Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II The child would be hard to please who did not find hours of amusement in the artist’s work alone.” A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals The men all go crazy over her, but she's dreadfully hard to please. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The Master said, A gentleman is easy to serve and hard to please. The Sayings Of Confucius But one and all were politely refused by the fastidious maiden, who every one said was so very hard to please. Cruel As The Grave So there you are; and, if you don't see what you want in the window, you must be hard to please. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 She was indescribably beautiful, but was so whimsical and hard to please that she drove her father to despair. Italian Popular Tales "I try hard to please her; indeed I do!" The Music Master Novelized from the Play A simple enough affair,just chestnuts and lunch; but rarely had the young lady of the domain been so hard to please in the matter of her dress. The Gold of Chickaree Spartan boys were allowed no beds to sleep in, lest they should become lazy and hard to please. The Story of the Greeks His frame of mind was enviable; indeed, that person would be hard to please who could look down the vista of pleasant probabilities which stretched before his mental vision and not feel tolerably serene. The Lady Doc Philippa tried hard to please, but there was always a little condescension in her manner, from which her cousins were quite free. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes People are harder to please in folly than in talent or virtue. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. I always take in the shows, and I've heard lots of actors say this town is harder to please than any place they ever played.” Pipefuls "It appears to me, you are somewhat hard to please." The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 They will work hard to please You, Master. The Worshippers Everybody knows a woman is hard to please. The New Pun Book I.—You are hard to please, and I see you can forgive nothing short of the sublimities. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. "And if this man were to turn up, you would not be too hard to please, even if he were not so very young." The Devil's Pool “Limited!” exclaimed Trench, “you are hard to please, Master Paul; I have lived on worse food than salt pork and pancakes.” The Crew of the Water Wagtail Beatrice, who had been so captious and hard to please as she lay in bed giving elaborate directions, and whose fidgety ways had needed so much patience! The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story In the South they are glad to meet and welcome the stranger at their gates, and he must be hard to please if he does not have a good time within them. Impressions of a War Correspondent "Ireland," says Naunton, "cost her more vexation than any thing else; the expense of it pinched her, the ill success of her officers wearied her, and in that service she grew hard to please." Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth The man evidently thought them very unreasonable and hard to please, but obeyed. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar “Well, you are hard to please, and you’ll have to take it now as I like to give it you, so off you go, my lad.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea “That seems to be easier said than done, captain, for I am hard to please.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Tom Long was hard to please; now he would decide on a bunch of delicious golden plantains, and then set them aside in favour of some custard apples. Middy and Ensign Oh, Dreda, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light thingummy aspen made. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story Mothers of only sons are hard to please, but you know as well as I can tell you that the mater is fond of you at heart, and that she will grow fonder still. The Independence of Claire While master was at Annapolis, my mistress, who was hard to please, fell out with one of the house-servants, and sent for Mr. Brown to come and whip her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Presumably Mr Sloyd's inquiries elicited satisfactory information; perhaps Mina was not hard to please. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House He was hard to please and sometimes he would whip de slaves. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives This monopoly was easily obtained, for it was difficult to equal them in attention to their tenants, and the tenants indeed could have been hard to please had they not been satisfied. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 She is hard to please in the matter of 'quite old young ladies.' The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day These eloquent women find it equally hard to please their little critic by silence or by speech. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Certainly any girl must have been hard to please who did not enjoy herself. The Jolliest School of All Now there was a certain old Owl who had become very cross and hard to please as she grew older, especially if anything disturbed her daily slumbers. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter He'll naturally think more about her, and, in thinking more about her, and trying harder to please her, his old love will be revived—that is, if it ever died. Dixie Hart No longer reluctant and hard to please, he passed rapidly from counter to counter, making his selections with man-like celerity and certainty and bargaining not at all. The Price Even the footmen and the ladies' maids expressed their perfect satisfaction, and that was a great deal, for they are generally the hardest to please. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Any girl must indeed have been hard to please who was not satisfied with the Villa Camellia and its beautiful Italian garden. The Jolliest School of All The clear water swarmed with fish, but Master Heron was hard to please that morning. The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter Bob never would have recognized this composed and unmoved girl as the anxious Ruth who had tried so hard to please and satisfy. The Fifth Wheel A Novel Very few men came up to his standard of play; for he was hard to please in style as well as in stakes. Sword and Gown A Novel And the result is that you are so hard to please that I don't believe you will ever marry. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers I mout not look like it—like I'm hard to please, but I am. The Starbucks If you had heard him last evening, I think you would have been satisfied, though wives are hard to please. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter But marster was hard to please, and he used de lash often. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 The Sikhs are rather whiney patients and very hard to please, but the little Gurkhas are absolute stoics, and the Bengal Lancers, who are Mohammedans, are splendid. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 A man who pleases easily and is hard to please soon gets a bad name among—mothers. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers "I am not hard to please," she continued, speaking to Margaret. The Starbucks We wanted men to aid us; and men were not to be got; or, when got, were difficult to manage, and hard to please. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It seems to me to-night one must be hard to please to want a better home than this, especially with an occasional change to city life. Medoline Selwyn's Work If this dressing was a longer process than usual, and if Lucia was a little fanciful and hard to please over it, no one need be surprised. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel They were rehearsing carols in the annexe of a Base hospital on Christmas Eve, and the sergeant was as hard to please as if they were recruits doing their first squad drill. Leaves from a Field Note-Book It did seem too bad that when she wanted to go with them and tried so hard to please them, that they so often wished her to stay in the house and play by herself. Sunny Boy and His Playmates I always worked very hard to please them, both by night and day; but there was no giving satisfaction, for my mistress could never be satisfied with reasonable service. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave Real estate dealers and would-be helpful friends may have rallied around and, after showing you a score or more parcels of land, begin hinting that you are hard to please. If You're Going to Live in the Country You are becoming quite hard to please," her face turned partially away, her look meditative, "and—and dictatorial; but I will try. Bob Hampton of Placer “You see, then,” said Socrates, “that you are harder to please than your own servants, or even than the sick themselves.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates "Your women's so mighty hard to please that I'm not meaning to call again; I prefers to work where I gives satisfaction." The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax "A man would be very hard to please if he was not quite satisfied with you!" The Man and the Moment Split in connection with church; old lot near old church-stand dissatisfied; some folk hard to please; rather vexing; they want us to keep up service at old place as well. Woman's Endurance She too knew herself morbid and hard to please. Dangerous Ages I often offered my heart to Him, using the words my Mother had taught me, and I tried very hard to please Him in all my actions, taking great care never to offend Him. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! Familiar Quotations They satisfy the Venetians, no doubt, but the Venetians are not hard to please; there is no Bond Street or Rue de la Paix. A Wanderer in Venice We both tried hard to please her, and she told a friend of ours that she 'liked us'; only we always felt that we couldn't penetrate—couldn't really touch her—it was all vain. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II He's hard to please, Captain," continued Ardan, "but let us try him again! All Around the Moon Such adaptations do not please one, but then it must be allowed and recollected that one is very hard to please: finding fault is so easy, and doing right so difficult! Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I "Oh! you are too hard to please, sir!" said Julia, drawing her wrappings around her. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume "Well," said the other again, "ye're hard to please; ye were vexed a while since because ye thought I was criticising him for lying low." What Necessity Knows But they all grew idle, and fond of ease, And easy to swindle, and hard to please; And the voice of Joi was a lonely voice, When he railed at Gosh for its foolish choice. The Glugs of Gosh In my present state of mind, I am extremely hard to please; either his behaviour or my temper have suffered a change. The History of Emily Montague "I may be hard to please," she said quietly, and she went out into the garden. Marietta A Maid of Venice I once heard her say, in a pointed manner, that 'her cousin Giles liked to see his women-folk well dressed; he was very fastidious on that point, and exceedingly hard to please.' Uncle Max "Oh woman, in your hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!" A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Owing no devotion now to Sir Charles—who will appreciate the following tender lines with which I close my letter— O woman! in our hours of ease, Thou art not very hard to please! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 "Quick in temper, resourceful, aye, even shifty, stubborn, cold in heart, hard to please!" The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "You are hard to please, if you are not satisfied with my choice for you," observed her father. Marietta A Maid of Venice He added dryly: "You are hard to please." Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man I hugged him up anxiously, for sometimes he is hard to please, and I might not have got the very thing he wanted. The Melting of Molly I hugged him up anxiously, for sometimes he is hard to please and I might not have got the very thing he wanted. The Melting of Molly I would have done much more than this for the few words of commendation bestowed upon me by my aunt, who was usually so hard to please. Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past "Oh, you are hard to please, indeed!" exclaimed Abbie, gazing at him and shuddering. Bressant "She'll be hard to please when she goes home again, after playing the fine dame here," pursued the steward. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest In the same way the Chancellor of the Exchequer of those days was so hard to please over Suffrage measures that none brought forward was democratic enough, far-reaching and overwhelming enough to secure his adhesion. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Surely there are such situations to be had, and I would try so hard to please, and even work for less than other girls of more experience. Bessie's Fortune A Novel As was a common thing with slave-holders, Maria had found her owners hard to please, and quite often, without the slightest reason, they would threaten to "sell or make a change." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. She believes "that even persons who are hardest to please must be compelled to admit that he is a most amiable sovereign." The Tragedy of St. Helena I was not nice or hard to please. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil Where were the words and the tone that had broken down the will of other women, far harder to please than this mere child? The Children of the King This was the evil which crept into my life; this was the element which warped my better nature, made me grasping, worldly, hard to please. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors He fled from Lawrence G. Colson, "a very bad man, fond of drinking, great to fight and swear, and hard to please." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Though his wife was very peevish, and hard to please, I much preferred to be under her control than the overseer's. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Oh, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Uncertain, coy and hard to please is correct, and I suppose some of them can be ministering angels—yes, God bless them! The Imaginary Marriage Lourdes must make its way through denser and less malleable strata, to a public of higher class, and harder to please. The Cathedral In referring to his master and mistress, he says that "they are both Episcopalians, hard to please, and had as bad dispositions as could be,—would try to knock the slaves in the head sometimes." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Miss Tabitha is, I should explain, very hard to please, and if she thinks them good there must be others in the parish of the same opinion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 In fact, I am not guilty of flattery or egotism in saying, that the girl who could then turn up her nose at the boots, or their master, must have been devilish hard to please. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Certainly of late Marjorie had been uncertain, coy, and very hard to please. The Imaginary Marriage "I know whom you are trying so hard to please, and if he does not show appreciation of your efforts, I shall think him unworthy of so good a little wife." Elsie's New Relations Moreover, his appetite for liquor, combined with a high temper, rendered him a being hard to please, but easy to excite to a terrible degree. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. At best, her husband will be capricious, hard to please, and though rabidly jealous without cause, at the same time very partial to the attractions of other women. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment "Ah, papa, you must not be so hard to please!" she said, with playful look and tone. Grandmother Elsie Then I must say, sir, that you are all three hard to please. Elsie's children "Indeed! if you are so hard to please, I fear there will be nothing for you but old bachelorhood," laughed Elsie. Elsie's Womanhood Md. His master he regarded as a "very fractious man, hard to please." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. McCloskey, who had served under Hallock for a number of months before the change in management, confessed that he knew the gloomy chief clerk only as a man in authority, and exceedingly hard to please. The Taming of Red Butte Western Are you not a trifle hard to please, my dear? Winston of the Prairie Rachel," said Susy, as in their own room the girls were dressing after supper, "you are very hard to please to-night and you seem nervous. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 You'll see all the particulars in the newspapers before a week is over, and you'll say that no critic—however hard to please—could find fault. The Devil's Garden "He would often threaten to sell, and was very hard to please." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. But you are so hard to please and so pettish, I am seven times tired of yourself and your ways. Three Wonder Plays He tried hard to please, but he never could quite forget that he had cooked for the Governor's safari. African Camp Fires Well, if you ain't harder to please than the count himself! Plays by August Strindberg, Second series She dreaded offending him more than she dreaded offending God, and strove harder to please him. Over Strand and Field "You're kind of hard to please, Ham," suggested Fat, as he rolled over to warm his other side. Buffalo Roost She must not be hard to please when it will be to save and to serve her family and to keep up respect for their name. Three Wonder Plays But you, Sir, you are hard to please; You never look but half content: Nor like a gentleman at ease With moral breadth of temperament. The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson No one is so hard to please as a simpleton. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 It doesn't seem to me that the English public is hard to please. Miss Bretherton Being for the most part aged men, soured by misfortune and failure, they are naturally enough often hard to please and difficult to deal with. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Guardian: They would be hard to please if they are not well pleased with the lads, as to learning and as to manners and behaviour. Three Wonder Plays It is, as I have observed, hard to please in its choice of a nest site. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The fact is that she is not hard to please as to literature, and will be delighted with anything. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) "He is a very fine lad, and tries very hard to please you, I know." Thankful Rest She's that restless and hard to please and hard to interest in anything that she nearly wears me out. People Like That Isn't it a pity now she being so hard to please! Three Wonder Plays WOMAN—not "lovely woman" who "stoops to folly"—nor woman who in our hour of ease is uncertain, coy, and hard to please. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 3, 1891 It is but for a little while, and we shall not like to burden that good old dame by being too hard to please. Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln Wanted to Give Her Every Chance The clerk was most obliging, but the young woman customer was hard to please. Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal I can tell you," he continued, "I'm reckoned rather hard to please, and very hard to hit. Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin Very learned and very critical heads are hard to please. Cowper No wonder she is so hard to please. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The sermon was commenced by some remarks to the effect that man is hard to please. A Trip Abroad "Oh yes," he answered, "If I actually dislike her, I need not marry her; but, of course, the choice is limited, so I must try not to be too hard to please." Kimono Mr. George," said the young lady, "you seem hard to please. A Perilous Secret He was evidently hard to please, for soon the counter was covered with hats that he had tried on and found wanting. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations I have never known her to be so hard to please, sir. The Case and the Girl "You are dreadfully hard to please," said the Very Imp. The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales Besides, these honest men, accustomed to rude labors, could not be hard to please, and with fine weather, warm and salubrious, this sleeping-place ought to suffice for the whole passage. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen The Prince of Wales, they say, is hard to please, but I have no doubt that he will be glad to meet Lady Delahunty and myself. Duty, and other Irish Comedies "Oh, woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please"— So wrote Sir Walter long ago. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations "Uncertain, coy, and hard to please" obviously cannot be sung of such women. Primitive Love and Love-Stories O "Ministering Angels," ye Who yet are mobile as the breeze, Have you alone the right to be "Uncertain, coy and hard to please?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 You may be disappointed in Venice, but you will be hard to please if you are not caught by the spell of an English lane. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Mr. Madera is easy to get along with but hard to please. The Runaway Asteroid The old man, too, was chary of his praise, though Nick tried hard to please him, and it was only by little things he told his satisfaction. Master Skylark When she was sick she was very hard to please. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss None are so hard to please, as those whom satiety of pleasure makes weary of themselves; nor any so readily provoked as those who have been always courted with an emulation of civility. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II You are too hard to please, Sister Penelope. Round Anvil Rock A Romance If it is not haunted, it must be because there are so many abandoned solitary great houses in this part of France that the ghosts have become rather spoilt and hard to please. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine I find my grocer hard to please In little things like jam or cheese; Now that the men are coming back His scowl, I think, is not so black. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 The father took James's part, and scolded Benjamin for being so saucy and so hard to please. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans But, on the other hand, the same things rendered her more difficult to reach, and harder to please. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. The Devil's Dictionary She feared he was rather hard to please, he spoke so coldly. Martin Chuzzlewit He would be hard to please who could not take pleasure from a trip in the submarine. Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure I have tried so hard to please you in everything! Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest Lovers will be quarrelsome and hard to please. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition MAR. and Oh, hard to please some noblemen seem! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan He had worked faithfully and hard to please Jehovah. The Story of Mankind We both tried hard to please her, and she told a friend of ours that she "liked us". Life and Letters of Robert Browning Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age; so that our judgment grows harder to please, when we have fewer things to offer it: this goes through the whole commerce of life. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces To dream of sugar, denotes that you will be hard to please in your domestic life, and will entertain jealousy while seeing no cause for aught but satisfaction and secure joys. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition I must have been hard to please, indeed, if I had not approved of the room, and of everything about it. The Woman in White Muriel Gay was a conscientious worker who tried hard to please her director. Jean of the Lazy A Aunt Mary's worked so hard to please you. At the Foot of the Rainbow Diana prudently refrained from any further criticism, but Mr. Harrison was much harder to please. Anne of the Island Then he asked if she thought she could be happy in his palace; and Beauty answered that everything was so beautiful that she would be very hard to please if she could not be happy. The Blue Fairy Book And in our business it's harder and harder to please them—except the yaps from the little towns and the college boys. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise She sometimes thought wistfully that Marilla was very hard to please and distinctly lacking in sympathy and understanding. Anne of Green Gables Thea had never felt this pleasant excitement about any man before, and she found herself trying very hard to please young Ottenburg. The Song of the Lark But you must not be so hard to please, my son. Frances Waldeaux Then, if he complains that he cannot eat it, he is said to be satisfied neither full nor fasting, and is whipped for being hard to please! Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass I was about as hard to please by a master, as a master is by slave. My Bondage and My Freedom I think you are too hard to please. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories One's judgment matures, and we are harder to please—don't you think so?—as we grow older.' Wylder's Hand Some of our countrymen are very hard to please. Paris War Days Diary of an American "That is extr'or'nary, for I thought such as they was always hard to please, with every thing but one another." Homeward Bound or, the Chase Being too hard to please, or too apt to admire. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems "They must be hard to please if they haven't had enough for one morning," growled Tom. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy Ramuntcho blushes with pleasure at the compliment of this old man, who is hard to please. Ramuntcho With all her splendor, she was not at all hard to please, and had quite awakened to an interest in the impending social event. A Fair Barbarian On returning, I had a heated discussion with our board, only succeeding in gaining the reputation of being rather ill-tempered and hard to please. Fifteen Years with the Outcast A girl is not the less admired because she has been ten or a dozen years in society; the most severe remark made on her is that she is "hard to please." Life in Mexico There was the big wash to be done, and Aunt Izzie always seemed a little harder to please, and the servants a good deal crosser than on common days. What Katy Did And if Jup had not been satisfied, he must have been hard to please. The Mysterious Island It seemed to them that in matters of love Roy might be hard to please. The Forest Lovers Unable to discover the real cause, she tried to persuade herself that she had been remiss in her duties; examined her innocent conscience to no purpose; and tried very, very hard to please. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints "You must be hard to please," said Rose. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada That made him hard to please in the matter of food, for he regarded every dish from the point of view of keeping his waist as it was. L'Assommoir "I suppose you will think me capricious and hard to please dear Jean, but somehow I feel a little lonely for Ottawa." Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense If these failed to make him happy, thought I, he must indeed be hard to please. Monsieur Maurice Her mistress seemed harder to please than usual, and more doubtful of humor than ever before. Mary Marston Often they are charitable, giving of their substance to the poor; not hard to please, considerate of their inferiors, patient with one another; in a very high sense they have true charity. Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord It was hard to understand a man so hard to please. L'Assommoir That this would be the case the little girls did not fear, and, taught, as we believe, by the good Spirit from above, they tried very hard to please God by honouring their parents. The Allis Family; or, Scenes of Western Life In these matters the chief magistrate proved rather hard to please, as he was fond of high-sounding words and poetical ideas, but found them very difficult to commit to memory. The Old Homestead For the first time, Carmina was fretful, and hard to please: patient persuasion was needed to induce her to take her medicine. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time "Have I shown myself so hard to please, so ready to take offence, that you know the signs of disapproval so well?" Fan : the story of a young girl's life But the worthy partner of Mr. Lord's candy business had no words of encouragement for the boy who was trying so hard to please. Toby Tyler Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus I had tried so hard to please everybody, and this was the result—tied up in a dark stable, waiting for the end. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories "That is the nurse, and I hope she suits you, for you seem hard to please," answered the clerk, crustily. The Old Homestead He would have been hard to please who had not been attracted by Sally. The Adventures of Sally As long as the good lady could order everybody round about her, she was not hard to please; and all the slaves and subjects of her little dowager court trembled before her, but loved her. The History of Pendennis O Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border That is to say, she was hard to please, and, when not pleased, apt to say so in no uncertain voice. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories The Huguenots were a disappointed and embittered party, hard to please, and hard to be governed; full of fierce resentments, and soured by old recollections. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers The Duchess was discontented, and became morose, quarrelsome, and hard to please. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Not Philip Sidney, not George Herbert loved words and their melodies more than he; while in their use he is more serious than either, and harder to please, uttering a music they have rarely approached. England's Antiphon And that is not easy to acquire from an army that is hard to please in the matter of professors of religion. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign "If they don't like it," said the girl, smiling, "they're rather hard to please." Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville She had been as careful as ever of her toilet—as hard to please; as—dare we say snappish with her maids? The Sowers She may be a little hard to please, but after being used to one for so many years, it is no wonder if she be particular. Gutta-Percha Willie He grew daily more overbearing and hard to please, and his ebullitions of disappointment and rage were terrible to witness. A Beautiful Possibility If you are chumps enough to turn out of your comfortable beds at this time of the morning simply to see me, you can't be very hard to please. The Prince and Betty They are a people of most susceptible character, and withal uncommonly hard to please. First Footsteps in East Africa Mrs. Polter told me afterwards she was 'just a lady,' rolling in recently acquired wealth, and 'as hard to please as if she had never washed her own doorstep.' Ideala But she spoke like a sister, too; having she allays was, and hard to please,–oh dear!–but she's said the kindest word as has ever been spoke by you yet, my child. The Mill on the Floss That's what makes him so hard to please in the choice of a domestic. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 The maids thought her remarkably fractious and whimsical and hard to please, but laid it all to the reaction from last night's hysterical attack. Bessie Bradford's Prize The man would be hard to please," he said, "who would not be enticed to eat by such a display of good victuals. Warlock o' Glenwarlock He admired Miss Van Allen, he said she was a pleasant lady and not hard to please if her orders were faithfully carried out. Vicky Van ‘Nay, kinswoman,’ said Wood-father, ‘thou art hard to please; the guest is kind, and hath given us that I asked for, and I give him all thanks therefor.’ The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale "Florent's not hard to please; and we must let him keep his money for himself." The Fat and the Thin Certainly it is hard to please every man by cause of diversity and change of language. English Literature for Boys and Girls The pang she had felt at her own fretfulness, when she thought she had lost them, made her guard the more against giving way to impatience if they were troublesome or hard to please. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume You know it is very hard to please the opposition, although we are under great debt to them for having made the gauge of battle in this campaign. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox "The splendid knight is hard to please; mere beauty is too commonplace." Winding Paths He never gives me an answer unless he is satisfied with it himself, and he is hard to please. Emile "You are hard to please," he said, but his heart was full of joy at the thought of trying to please her. If I Were King If Badinguet now is not avenged, it is because he is hard to please in the matter of punishments. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters But he is hard to please—strangely so. Heart of the Sunset I must say you Gentiles are very hard to please. The Doctor's Dilemma See if those who are most greedy in pursuit of such fancied pleasures are ever attractive young men—men worthy of pleasing, men who might have some excuse if they were hard to please. Emile Mr. Stoddart, the manager of a large Carrying Company, from whom I bought them, said that he had never come across any one so hard to please! Spinifex and Sand But you must remember she is hard to please. The Belton Estate I may be hard to please; but it somehow sets one against a country when one comes home from a ride to find all the other occupants of the house one lives in massacred. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose He was hard to please, and made them pay well for that favor. Strong as Death Tell her I need the money very much, and have worked very hard to please her. Work: a Story of Experience Everywhere women may be “capricious, coy, and hard to please” in common conjunctures: in the hour of need they will display devoted heroism. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 "Oh, yes; I should be rather hard to please if they did not." Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine But it is hard to please some women,—and now she would not always be satisfied with his presence. The Small House at Allington If you cannot see the joke of that story, you must be hard to please. South Wind If that doesn't satisfy you, you gentlemen are hard to please. Under Fire: the story of a squad The Duchess of Angouleme, who has just alighted from her carriage, as well as the Duchess of Berry, hears this phrase; she cries: "You are not hard to please." The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Mr. Oliver is but a poor little puny man, and I never knew Mr. James so hard to please.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 I grow so hard to please as a literary artist, that I am driven to despair. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style "He must be hard to please, if he is not satisfied!" growled the duke, enraged at such prodigality, though it did not cost him a penny. The Honor of the Name Averil was hard to please, for she was as much annoyed by seeing Tom May sitting courteous and deferential by the side of Mrs. Pugh, as by his attentions to herself. The Trial Any one who refuses to accept the explanation must be very hard to please. More Hunting Wasps An air of pensiveness added interest to his handsome face and courtly figure, and methought that Genevi�ve must be hard to please if she fell not a victim to his wooing. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes "He would be hard to please, indeed, if he were not!" exclaimed M. de Chandore. Within an Inch of His Life Fact is, I'd call it an advantage, but you folks seem to be hard to please. Cy Whittaker's Place Even the chocolate fudge in the little cut glass bonbon dishes was perfect; and it was a question whether Pete or Dong Ling tried the harder to please. Miss Billy "Now, mother, you are too hard to please." The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies He heaved a discouraged sigh, and said, "It seems to me that this race is hard to please." The Mysterious Stranger I have no doubt she will be hard to please; but if I were a man I should fall in love with her at once. Framley Parsonage |
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